Report: 2015 Le Mans 24 hour Race. Circuit de la Sarthe @ France

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Thanks for the report and more specifically the pics from Le Mans town! I spend 2 years of my life in that little town and those pictures brought back some memories

Did you shoot any videos which show the differences in braking distances and corner entry speeds of the different classes? When I watched the race, I was surprised how much later the LMP1 cars could brake - they overtook the other cars during corner entry as if they were standing still. I was also surprised by how much quieter the diesel-powered Audi LMP1 cars were compared to the GT cars - letting their work do all the talking Is it still the same?

Fantastic Report, I watched a few hrs of the Race live at http://www.fiawec.com/ but later caught the entire 24 hrs thanks to a generous YouTuber that uploaded it all! Here are the links to enjoy ALL 24 HOURS:

Did you shoot any videos which show the differences in braking distances and corner entry speeds of the different classes? When I watched the race, I was surprised how much later the LMP1 cars could brake - they overtook the other cars during corner entry as if they were standing still. I was also surprised by how much quieter the diesel-powered Audi LMP1 cars were compared to the GT cars - letting their work do all the talking Is it still the same?

Yes the Audis are so silent on the straight compared to the petrols- the diesel hybrids have a deep-throated, low-register purr rather than the whiny note of the petrols .

Just to give an idea of the speed difference between the leading LMP1 cars and the rest of the pack, here's a snapshot of the final race finishers:

The #19 Porsche lapped the winners of the LMP2 category as many as 37 times over the course of the 395 laps it ran. For the GTE categories the gap is even wider, with the number of overtakes being 58 and 63 ( GTE Pro & Am respectively).

The difference in speed on track is very obvious but sorry- no videos shot of this. The slower cars just get blue flagged off the racing line like backmarkers in Formula 1. The mind boggles at how race officials even manage to keep track!